Connecting Node

A Connecting Node is a point feature that identifies the point along the Road Link which the Path Link connects to. The Connecting Node connects to the start or end of one or more Road Links and provides a reference to one of the Road Links it connects to. Connecting Nodes are spatially coincident with Road Nodes and can share the same identifier. The Connecting Node is referenced by a Connecting Link.

Temporal filtering

The earliest date on which you can request a one-off snapshot of a date in the past for data in this feature type is 29 September 2022.

Feature type attributes

The following sub-sections provide details about the attributes included with this feature type, their data types in the different output formats, and other important metadata about them.

osid

Primary identifier for the feature. The OSID is a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) and requires no centralised authority to ensure uniqueness. Note that the same OSID can occur in more than one feature type when a single feature is represented multiple times in the OS NGD.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Max Length: 36

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

toid

Topographic Identifier (TOID) of the feature, as published in the OS MasterMap suite of products.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• Max Length: 20

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

versiondate

Date when the version was last updated.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), Date (GPKG), Date (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

versionavailablefromdate

The date this version of the feature became the latest version.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

versionavailabletodate

The date this version of the feature was superseded by an update or ceased to exist.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), DateTime (GPKG), DateTime (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

changetype

The type of change that generated a new version of the feature.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Code List Name: changetypevalue

• Max Length: 50

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

geometry

3D geometry for the feature.

• Data Types: Geometry (GeoJSON), Geometry (GPKG), WKT (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

• Geometry Type: Point

theme

The OS NGD theme to which this feature belongs.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Code List Name: themevalue

• Max Length: 40

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

description

A single descriptive value intended for a quick understanding of what the feature represents.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: false

• Code List Name: connectingnodedescriptionvalue

• Max Length: 15

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: Yes

• OS Select+Build Filterable: Yes

• Data Schema Version: 1.0

roadlinkid

The identifier of the Road Link feature.

• Data Types: String (GeoJSON), String (GPKG), String (CSV)

• Nullable: true

• Max Length: 36

• OS NGD API – Features Filterable: No

• OS Select+Build Filterable: No

• Data Schema Version: 1.0